Friday, May 12, 2006

Survey

Ganked from Nadine (sorry Mike... "ganked" being a forbidden word and all...)

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1.) Where were you when the ball dropped for 2006? Holy crap, I have no idea.

2.) What color underwear are you wearing? Grey

3.) Do you own an iPod? Yes, an iShuffle. Iove it.

4.) What did you do this morning? Hauled THEBOY over to Starbucks for a breakfast treat.

5.) What does your dad do for a living? He’s retired.

6.) Where do you work? [The sound of a muffled voice behind duct tape...]

7.) What ended your last relationship? What? Holy crap, I'm not talking about the girlfriend who dumped me in 1990.

8) What are the last two digits of your phone number? 37

9.) What was the last movie you watched? Walk the Line

10.) What do you dislike at the moment? Commercial television. Oh wait, that's nothing new.

11.) Did you dream last night? I cannot recall.

12.) What was the last TV show you watched? The Ultimate Fighter 3.

13.) What is your favorite piece of jewelry? The wedding ring I gave my wife.

14.) What was the last thing you ate? Chocolate cake.

15.) Who is your best friend of the opposite sex? My wife.

16.) Are you on any medication? I end up taking a little ibuprofen most days due to this barking shoulder.

17.) What color is your razor? Green I think

18.) What is your favorite frozen treat? Utzi, that guy they found frozen in the mountains.

19.) How many tattoos/piercing do you have? Not a thing

20.) Are you a virgin? I have two kids. Do the math.

21.) What’s your favorite store? Uh... no real favorite.

22.) Are you thirsty right now? No.

23) Can you imagine yourself getting married? On a related note, I'm stunned about how much of my honeymoon I don't recall. That was a rather amusing conversation we had tonight...

24.) Who’s someone you haven’t seen in a while and miss? Dad, Sis.

25.) What did you do last night? Bellyached.

26.) Do you care what people think about you? Of course, but only to a point. I have regular clothes, haircut, etc. I mean to be polite, hope to get the same... But really, there comes a point at which I truly do not give a shit. Sometimes trying to get someone to see the light isn't worth even a moment of effort. This week was good evidence of that.

27.) Have you ever done something to instigate trouble? Try it, it's fun!

28.) Do you like your nose? Not so much.

29.) What color is your bedroom? Jeez... white?

30.) When was the last time you worked out? Thursday afternoon. Lunchtime Krav Maga. It was good fun, very therapeutic.

31.) Are you an aggressive driver? No. And I specialize in going straight.

32.) Who is your cell phone provider? Beats me.

33.) Do you like the person who posted this last? Sure.

34.) What is the thing you’d want to change most about yourself? I'd like to have pecs someday.

35.) (Is currently AWOL)

36.) What do you think of Angelina Jolie being pregnant? She's an actress, right? I think this is a good indication that she had sex with some guy.

37.) Who is your favorite Star Wars character? Mariska Hargitay

38.) What books, if any, have made you cry? Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row, Sweet Thursday, The World According to Garp, 10 Little Indians.

39.) What are you allergic to? Erythromycin

40.) Are you a jealous person? Hardly at all.

41.) If you were born the opposite sex, what would your name have been? I'm told I'd have been a Jennifer.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jennifer Briscoe...I bet you'd have one hell of a...fine lady.

J.P.

Anonymous said...

Jennifer, huh? I'm so not letting you live that down.

1.) Where were you when the ball dropped for 2006?
Probably asleep.

2.) What color underwear are you wearing?
Plaid.

3.) Do you own an iPod?
I have one of those shuffle things that I won in a drawing at SXSW last year. I've yet to actually fire it up, though.

4.) What did you do this morning?
So far I've taken a shower and checked e-mail.

5.) What does your dad do for a living?
He’s retired.

6.) Where do you work?
KLRU-TV. Which is odd, considering that I rarely watch television.

7.) What ended your last relationship?
It's a long list. Let's just say lack of communication and divergence of interests and leave it at that.

8) What are the last two digits of your phone number?
13.

9.) What was the last movie you watched?
The Devil's Rejects.

10.) What do you dislike at the moment?
The medical industry (and make no mistake, it is an industry).

11.) Did you dream last night?
Yes.

12.) What was the last TV show you watched?
Three episodes of The Office (American version) that my sister recorded.

13.) What is your favorite piece of jewelry?
The cheap plastic New Zealand fertility symbol given to me by a New Zealand tourist to whom I gave a tour of the Austin City Limits studio.

14.) What was the last thing you ate?
White birthday cake from my niece's b-day celebration.

15.) Who is your best friend of the opposite sex?
My ex-wife, oddly enough.

16.) Are you on any medication?
Fortunately, no. Though I've found myself taking Tylenol after the last couple of ACL meetings.

17.) What color is your razor?
Black.

18.) What is your favorite frozen treat?
At the moment it's Ben & Jerryu's Oatmeal Cookie ice cream. But that's only because they don't manufacture Doonesbury Sorbet anymore.

19.) How many tattoos/piercing do you have?
Nada.

20.) Are you a virgin?
Amazingly, no.

21.) What’s your favorite store?
What kind of store? Try again.

22.) Are you thirsty right now?
A little, but I'm always thirsty.

23) Can you imagine yourself getting married?
Not again, no.

24.) Who’s someone you haven’t seen in a while and miss?
BB.

25.) What did you do last night?
Hung out with my sister and her kids.

26.) Do you care what people think about you? No.

27.) Have you ever done something to instigate trouble?
Not yet but just wait...

28.) Do you like your nose?
Umm...I don't really think about my nose.

29.) What color is your bedroom?
Off white, I guess.

30.) When was the last time you worked out?
At my last yoga class in March. A new class starts this Tuesday, though, and I'm excited.

31.) Are you an aggressive driver?
I don't think so.

32.) Who is your cell phone provider?
No cell phone.

33.) Do you like the person who posted this last?
Of course I do.

34.) What is the thing you’d want to change most about yourself?
I'd like to lose about 30-40 pounds.

35.) (Is currently AWOL)
I hope it's having a grand old time.

36.) What do you think of Angelina Jolie being pregnant?
I don't think about it. Why on earth should I care?

37.) Who is your favorite Star Wars character?
At 38, I don't really ponder Star Wars anymore. I doubt I could name any of the characters at this point.

38.) What books, if any, have made you cry?
Nothing makes me cry.

39.) What are you allergic to?
Cedar pollen.

40.) Are you a jealous person?
Not at the right times.

41.) If you were born the opposite sex, what would your name have been?
I don't know...Wilhimina, maybe?

Michael